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Our second car is the vehicle mentioned above. It has no latch system or anchor. What is also concerning is there is no place to install an anchor (like most 1989-2000) vehicles.
We have 2 car seats, a Evenflo Triumph LX and 4-5 year old Eddie Bauer front facing seat as a spare.
I figured I could just install an anchor in the Tracker but I read this in the manual:
“If your child restraint has a top strap, it should be anchored. If you have a two-door model, don't use a
restraint like that in your vehicle because the top strap anchor cannot be installed properly. You shouldn't use this type of restraint without anchoring the top strap. If your vehicle is a four-door model and you need to
have an anchor installed, you can ask
your dealer to put one in for you. If you want to install an anchor yourself,
your dealer can tell you how to do it.
Use the tether hardware kit available from the dealer. The hardware
and installation instructions were specifically designed for this vehicle.”
So what are my options? Is there a front facing seat that I can use without a tether strap? Can I install an anchor even though for some reason the manual says not to do that in 2 door models like mine?
I need a front facing because my little one is too big for an infant carrier now, and trying to get a child in a rear facing seat that stays in the vehicle is practically impossible in a 2 door.
So just looking for some options other than getting the vehicle. It’s only a second car but there is times when we need to use it.
Our second car is the vehicle mentioned above. It has no latch system or anchor. What is also concerning is there is no place to install an anchor (like most 1989-2000) vehicles.
We have 2 car seats, a Evenflo Triumph LX and 4-5 year old Eddie Bauer front facing seat as a spare.
I figured I could just install an anchor in the Tracker but I read this in the manual:
“If your child restraint has a top strap, it should be anchored. If you have a two-door model, don't use a
restraint like that in your vehicle because the top strap anchor cannot be installed properly. You shouldn't use this type of restraint without anchoring the top strap. If your vehicle is a four-door model and you need to
have an anchor installed, you can ask
your dealer to put one in for you. If you want to install an anchor yourself,
your dealer can tell you how to do it.
Use the tether hardware kit available from the dealer. The hardware
and installation instructions were specifically designed for this vehicle.”
So what are my options? Is there a front facing seat that I can use without a tether strap? Can I install an anchor even though for some reason the manual says not to do that in 2 door models like mine?
I need a front facing because my little one is too big for an infant carrier now, and trying to get a child in a rear facing seat that stays in the vehicle is practically impossible in a 2 door.
So just looking for some options other than getting the vehicle. It’s only a second car but there is times when we need to use it.